Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

The noun kudos was originally a mass noun, but is now sometimes taken as a plural noun, either as a plurale tantum, or as the plural of a new noun kudo, implied by the American English pronunciation and lack of knowledge of the etymology. However, this plural treatment is frequently proscribed.